John morton



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TO ALL 'WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be itfknown that I, JOHN MORTON, of Winchester, in the countyoi Randolph, and State of Indiana, have invented u new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Track Lifters for adjusting the track of railroads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which i Figure 1 is a. perspective `vView.

Figure 2 is aiverticalltransverse section. l

In both figures the same letters are employed in the indication'of identical parts.

This invention isA intended to furnish a portable machine for adjusting railroad tracks, which, being mounted upon wheels, may be easily moved along the track, and, at the same time, is capable of 'ready and convenient adjustment when itis to be applied to use in raising the track on one or both sides.

The'following description will enable a'person skilled in the, art to construct and operate the same.

A represents e section of the track of a railroad. The track lifter rests upon the wheels B, formed likethe Ordinary railroad-car wheel. y C is the axle to which the wheels are attached. A is a stick of timber, placed between the cross-ties, Ito sustain the track lifter when in operation. D is a post, with mortised slots running through the same, from front to back and from side to side. .D are arms, projecting from the base of the post on each side, serving as fulcro. for the levers E; andv D2 a. similararm, forming a. fulcrum vfor the lever G.

lThe levers E are levers of the rst order, turning upon bolts in the arm D1.' The long ends of these-leverseross one another within the slot-through the post D. The short arms are respectively attached a'djustably in slots in the upper ends of the hooks F ,by pins, which may b e changed upor down in the slots as desired. The axle Gis extended, passing through holes in the hooks I4. The lever G is attached to the upper end ofthe arm DV by a pin; it passes over the crossed levers E, passing through a slot' in the post D;

l When the track is to be raised, the hooks at I1" are .placed under the rail; by depressing the longend ofthe lever G, the long ends ofthe crossed levers E will be depressed, and the short end raised. The hooks will raise the tra-ck, and, at the same time, 4lift the wheel B, the axle C traversing a slot in the post D. Should it be desired to reise one side of the track more than the other, this may be accompli-shed by attaching the short end of the lever E in a. lower hole in thejslot in the upper end of the hook F. The track and machine will now he susteined'upon thel post D, resting upon thel timber A. When the work is done, the track being lowered into position, the machine may be moved by turning it upon the axle suiiiciently to raise the foot of the post D clear of the ground; the machine may then-be,l moved ou the wheels B,-ns desired.

`What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combination of leversE'and Gr, fulcro. D1 and D2, and hooks F, constructed and arranged-to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth. p

.2. llhe'combin'ation of the crossed levers E, and lslotted adjustable hooks F, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN MORTON.

Witnesses: j

L. J. Moms,- MooRMAN WAY. 

